Seminar 1: 9/17 Creating a schedule and setting goals
Seminar 2: 10/28 Show instruments (Amanda, Momotaro) Observation plan (Arnold); Report on Ueda JHS (Haruka), Report about Retelling at Kuroishino (Okachan)
- Momotaro presents an idea for his trial
- Amanda shows her questionnaire; work on ethics committee application
- Daizu presents an idea for her trial
10/28 – 11/8: Amanda conducts questionnaires
Seminar 3: 11/6 Show instruments (Tsubasa & Okachan); Proposes trial (Anzu)
- Tsubasa: Show the questionnaire on Google Forms. Afterward, email teachers.
11/7 – 11/26 Momotaro trials
Seminar 4: 11/21 (8:35-10:15), 11/22 (8:35 – 10:15), or 11/22 (16:50 – 18:30)
Show the data you have collected and discuss how to write outlines.
Seminar 5: 11/27 Show outlines of your papers
- See the rubric of your paper here to understand the outline. I want to know what you plan on writing in each section of your paper.
- Files for your graduate theses are here (Arnold will use a different kind of file)
Seminar 6 (12/4): Show data
Semina 7: 12/11 中間発表
Seminar 8 (12/18): Everyone: Show first drafts of your paper
Late December – Early January: Thesis support with Akasaka Sensei
1/20 (Hand in undergraduate thesis)
Research Questions & Methodology
Tsubasa
-Research questions
- RQ1. What percentage of junior high school English teachers use Japanese in each grade?
- RQ2. How do English teachers think about incorporating Translanguaging into their classes?
- RQ3. Is there a relationship between the percentage of teachers and students using Japanese in class and their willingness to incorporate Translanguaging?
Methodology
Questionnaire
Momotaro
Research Questions
Can reading ability (comprehension) be measured by a typogricemia task?
Method
Trial and then questionnaire about the trial
In the trial, the test-taker reads text with jumbled words. Afterward, they do a reading activity. After he gives the text one more time with jumbled words. He wants to check the change.
Amanda
Research Questions
- What kind of language activities from the textbook do elementary school students like?
- What are the characteristics of the activities that make students like English?
Method
Questionnaire to elementary school students (5th and 6th grade) and junior high school first-grade students.
Anzu
Research Questions
- Does student listening comprehension on TED talks improve by repeating the listening track multiple times?
Method
Subjects listen to a TED talk three times. The first time is at normal speed. The second time is at a slower speed. the third time is at a normal speed. After each time they answer multiple-choice comprehension questions about the listening.
OR
Subjects listen to two TED Talks in two different ways
Method 1: Normal speed, normal speed, normal speed
Method 2: Normal speed, slow speed
After the test, Anzu interviews students
Haruka
1) Your research questions
- How can teachers introduce technologies into the classroom?
- What strengths does English education using ICT have?
- How does English education with technology affect students’ speaking skills and understanding?
2) The type of data you will collect
- Research papers
- Books
- Videos collected through a class
- Observation in class
- Feedback from students and teachers
3) Schedule for collecting the data
September- Research paper and books
October- Research papers, books, observations, videos, and handouts)
November- observations, videos, handouts
4) Schedule for analyzing the data
After collecting data (from November)
Method
- Conduct English class with technology at junior high school
- Collect data (observations, videos, handouts)
- Get feedback from students and teachers
Arnold: Observation at Fuzoku ES
6年生カエデ組
毎週、水曜日、13:50 – 14:35 （場合によって火曜日）
- 10/30
- 11/6
- 11/12
- 11/20
- 11/26
- 12/4
- 12/10 (or 11?)
- 12/18